Killzone 3 Versus Rage: Latest Build Comparison

GB: "Yesterday we posted awesome new screenshots for RAGE and it looks like with every new image released RAGE looks better. So how does it compare with the upcoming Killzone 3 which is already shaping to be one of the best shooters in recent years. In order to decide this we have compared the two games from various angles. In the screenshot comparison below you will find how the game’s characters, guns and explosions stack up with each other. Please click the back-next button to navigate through them and please click the image to see it in a better quality as we are having some technical issues with our image gallery. We apologize for any inconvenience caused."

you people still havent learned, notice how they compare all these random multiplatform games only prior to their release. but once they come out, its nothing but average crap. remember crysis 2 this crysis 2 that, then it comes out and your like, wtf is this? same will be with rage.

...only one is really pushing the envelope and that is Rage. From just aesthetic perspective, they are both well made and looking with Rage on PC probably far ahead in terms of specs but even on consoles, running 60 fps in an open world where Id claims you won't fight the same enemy types twice or even have the same environments...Rage seems more impressive.

Killzone is basically a point A to point B shooter. It seems from the clips I've seen to fit in nicely with the COD, MOH or battlefield type of games. Rage is a genre buster with many elements taken from fps's, RPg's and some adventure aspects...lets take a look...

First up the awesome looking Killzone...PS3 best graphics BY FAR...this puppy is 30 mins long so sit back and hit the hd option...

Next up Rage and it's many years in the making, 60 fps, hand painted, hand crafted and never see the same enemy type twice, open world masterpiece...we hope...this one is ONLY 12 mins...lol...again, in hd sharpens everything up...

if you look at some of the screen shots that compare kz3 to rage, its actually the kz characters that look flat and painted. look at the 2nd screen shot in this article. The rage character in the armor suit really pops out and has a sense of depth. The helghast actually looks really flat if you look at the details.

both are great but i'd go with Rage. id software are not just game developers, they are technology developers who pushes the industry's envelop every now and then and quite simply they invented the genre (Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake).

@cez of rage well said but unfortunately and as you can see you live in a fanboyism infested community and with a mostly plastic generation of gamers, a gaming world similar to Rage's actually. sometimes it feels as if you're almost talking to a void but there are still some of us in that void, and we can hear each other.

This shouldn't be an argument or a fight. They're both completely different games. Like every said Killzone is a straight forward shooter, even though they've said Killzone 3 is going to be far more open than Killzone 2 was.

Rage on the other hand is and Open World, FPS/RPG. Rage is better compared to something like Mass Effect, Fallout, Fary Cry, and Borderlands than Killzone.

Rage is amazing and the best looking open world game hands down, but since Killzone is a more focused game it doesn't have to have as much data which is why it can look so good. But arguing about Killzone not being open world is still a tough call, because if I recall each level in Killzone 2 was 2GB and with the recent announcement that Killzone 3 uses 3 times the amount of textures, better lighting, better character models, and larger battles you can't just say that "Game X" is this while "Game Y" is that. There a reason why Killzone 3 filled a 50GB Blu Ray disc. It's a graphical beast, with great audio. Don't knock Killzone graphically it deserves the praise it gets, and so does Rage.

lol thank you, I don't care if someone bubbles me down, or if some dislikes my comments. I say what I feel, and that's that. I love games, and while I prefer the PS3 as my console of choice, I also love my 360, my PSP, my DS, and my new Wii (yes I have a Wii again).

They all have their strengths and weaknesses, but they all have unique games and experiences that make them different and all worth owning. We need more gamers on n4g and less fanboys. From this point on we all need to make a stand for that. Stop being a fanboy and be a gamer.

TBH i dont really care which one looks great i just wanna play the games, graphics are so irreleavnt now, Fallout 3 is one of my all time favourites and it looks like a$$, these days i dont look forward to graphics.

Your comment makes no kind of sense. He says it's to early to decide but for now KZ 3 is the winner.

If you could comprehend then he's basically saying KZ3 looks better for now, but Rage could look better when it comes out. Pick up a book once in a while and read instead of playing games all the time.

Morganfell has pretty much all of his (often well written and interesting) comments marked a "spam" & "trolling" yet despite every one of your posts in this thread being spam to the hilt, you have five bubbles...

Getting a game to run at max resolution, AA, texture filtering doesn't require 2 grands. You can run most games at max by just spending around $500-600. Spending 2 grands will give you dual to triple LCD displays with SLI-Crossfire setup and I doubt most of us would spend that much money.

They're comparing with low resolution shots? Fail. Both pics are in terrible quality as well.

I do hope they're comparing console versions, because if they're comparing Killzone 3 to RAGE on PC, then that's just giving Killzone 3 the handicap. Laughable but unfair.

Despite being two entirely different art styles, people need to remember. Killzone like many other shooters, are extremely linear, while RAGE is more open world. As far as we know RAGE is able to keep a consistent 60FPS on all versions. (Though not completely confirmed.) While Killzone 3 has been confirmed to run within 30-25 FPS, besides appeal, small things need to be taken into account with these comparisons.

I'm always cautious about screen shots because we have no idea what build it is from. Those could be PC screens and that is unfair to KZ3. That being said KZ3 looks great despite the blur effect I notice in the demo.

Going to own them both so while this comparison is fun I won't have to choose.

I personally think both game looks great but it also depends on the style you like. I like both style but am going to give it to Killzone 3 based on those screenshot cause i felt Killzone 3 looked bare solid

I will check out BETA tomorrow and see ... but I think KZ3 is way too impressive. Oh and by the way Resistance 3 looks incredible too. The PS3 reaches another level ... and I thought it can't go any better than Uncharted 2. Well, I was wrong.

Rage looks a bit crisper, a bit cleaner and looks to have better textures, draw distance etc...however, out of the two the one that looks most 'real' is infact Killzone 3...and that has to do with what they decided to do with their polygons not just that they have a lot of them.

with all these Killzone 3 verses Crysis 2 comparisons I completely forgot about Rage! rage is going to be sick looks epic but I never trust comparisons because I think that they use the PC version. they should compare ps3 to ps3 version or 360 whichever the game runs better on.

umm Im going to be in SPACE in KZ3 lol haha... can't wait..but I'll be playing Rage aswell..But Im sorry let's be real KZ3 will OWN! it's following the same footstep's as U2 did and KZ3 will be amazing!..

umm I would think the PC version would beat out KZ3 lol it's PC? but everybody comparing RAGE TO KZ3 two completely different games..OPEN WORLD/RPG VS FPS? I rather Compare RAGE to INFAMOUS 2 that should be the match up large scale mountains vs large scale city..or compare it to the new Oblivion...